Improvement in washing-machines



S. N. PAGE. Washing-Machines.

Patented Dec. 30,1873.

I???" eJJeJ UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

SAMUEL N. PAGE, OF LAMAR MILLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,091, dated December30, 1873; application filed October 2, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, S. N. PAGE, of Lamar Mills, in the county of Clintonand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexeddrawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improvedwashing-machine. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof; and Fig. 3 is a detachedview of part of the same.

Corresponding letters are used in the several figures in the designationof correspondin g parts.

This invention relates to a certain improve ment in washing-machines;and it consists of slotted uprights having rollers, the lower ones ofwhich are suspended through hangers, embraced by adjusting screws, whichdepend from a bar or board, acted upon by the upward pressure ofsprings, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe it.

In the annexed drawing, A A refer to two uprights, and B B to horizontalpieces united in any known way to the former. O is a large uppercorrugated roller, the axis of which enters the uprights A A, and isformed at one end with a double crank, c to enable the said roller to beoperated. D l) D refer to three smaller corrugated rollers, the axes ofwhich enter vertical slots (Z d d in the uprights A A, and curvedmetallic plates or bars E E, held in close proximity with the latter bystaples or guides e e e entering said uprights, and suspended frombell-shaped bars or hangers F F, which are, in turn, suspended from thehooks or eyes formed upon the lower ends of the adjusting-screws G G,which depend from a bar or board, H. The board H passes through slots hin the upper ends of the uprights A A, and rests upon and is fastened tocoiled or spiral springs I I, which rest upon and are secured to theboard or cross-piece B. Through this lower rollers D are set in motionby the action of the upper one C.

The adjusting-screws G G are specially de signed for regulating thetensionor pressure of the springs I I, which, through the mechanismhereinbefore described, impart upward. pressure to the lower rollers DD. By uniting these adjusting-screws to the hangers F F,

through eyes or hooks, the said hangers are caused to have a greater orless amount of oscillatory motion when the rollers are in operation,which, in turn, impart a like movement to the lower rollers D, to enablethe latter to act in the capacity of rubbers.

J is a guide-roller, around and from which a belt of canvas or othersuitable material, J, passes over the lower rollers D D, and which hasits bearings in pendants slipped upon the axis of the center one of thelower rollers D. This roller is kept intact with the uprights A by meansof the flat metallic springs jj, as shown in Fig. 1, for the purpose ofavoiding friction between these parts.

Having thus described my invention, what. I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The uprights A A, having slots (1 d h, in

combination with the rollers C D D, the latter being suspended from thebars E and hangers F, embraced by the adjustingscrews G G which dependfrom the bar H, pressed upward by the springs I I, substantially asshown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 29th day ofSeptember, 1873, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL N. PAGE. Witnesses:

G. W. BATOHELER, JOHN LONG.

